From spopov@earthlink.net Tue Feb 06 21:36:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!spopov From: spopov@earthlink.net (Seo-yeon Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Feb06.213616.9594@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 21:36:16 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. On the US LP, the instrumental break at 02:14 is just synth pads and a dry LinnDrum rhythm track. Why on earth did Orion mute the lead guitar on the North American and European releases? -- Seo-yeon Popov -- EarthLink Network "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From aokonkwo@mit.edu Thu Feb 08 10:22:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!aokonkwo From: aokonkwo@mit.edu (Amy Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Feb08.102216.6293@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 10:22:16 GMT References: <1996Feb06.213616.9594@earthlink.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb06.213616.9594@earthlink.net>, spopov@earthlink.net (Seo-yeon Popov) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. > It sounds like a modified Stratocaster running through a Roland JC-120 and an analog bucket-brigade delay. A Strat into a JC-120? That's every studio guitarist in 1985, hardly a secret conspiracy. -- Amy Okonkwo "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1 From npopov@earthlink.net Thu Feb 08 22:13:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!npopov From: npopov@earthlink.net (Nadia Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Feb08.221316.8164@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 22:13:16 GMT References: <1996Feb06.213616.9594@earthlink.net> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb06.213616.9594@earthlink.net>, spopov@earthlink.net (Seo-yeon Popov) writes: > Got my hands on the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS (Gamma Discos / Orion México) and I am stunned. Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. -- Nadia Popov | npopov@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: 05EC F26C 5777 8AED "Keep the channels open." From kjohansson@illinois.edu Sat Feb 10 02:44:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!kjohansson From: kjohansson@illinois.edu (Kirsty Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Feb10.024416.2916@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 02:44:16 GMT References: <1996Feb06.213616.9594@earthlink.net> <1996Feb08.221316.8164@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb08.221316.8164@earthlink.net>, npopov@earthlink.net (Nadia Popov) writes: > Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. -- === Kirsty Johansson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Marcus is not one man." From livanov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Feb 11 12:07:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!livanov From: livanov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lars Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The Mexican pressing guitar solos on 'Gasoline Heart' and 'Threshold' Message-ID: <1996Feb11.120716.4847@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 12:07:16 GMT References: <1996Feb06.213616.9594@earthlink.net> <1996Feb08.221316.8164@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb08.221316.8164@earthlink.net>, npopov@earthlink.net (Nadia Popov) writes: > Are you sure you didn't buy a pirate bootleg where someone overdubbed their own guitar? Counterfeits were everywhere in 1985. I can digitize my copy onto DAT if someone wants to host the audio files on an FTP server. -- Lars Ivanov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0